desilt
verb
desilt is spelled D-E-S-I-L-T: 6 letters. As a verb, desilt means “to remove suspended silt from the water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in desilt?
| Letters | 6: D-E-S-I-L-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
What rhymes with desilt?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as desilt.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: listed, delist.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of desilt
- desilts present, singular, he/she/it
- desilting participle, present
- desilted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does desilt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
to remove suspended silt from the water.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Desilt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to remove suspended silt from the water:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | desenfangar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does desilt come from?
From de- + silt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).